Disrupters

Success Strategies from Women Who Break the Mold

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Pub Date 16 Jan 2018 | Archive Date 01 Mar 2018
Entrepreneur Media Inc. | Entrepreneur Press

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This book is not about what women should do, and it’s not a preachy TEDTalk.
Disrupters shows what different women in business have done to reach success as they define it. From board members to CEOs to freelancers, the business world is stacked against women because they follow the unspoken rules of business culture made long before women entered the workforce.

Tech executive, board member, and angel investor Dr. Patti Fletcher recognizes those rules and then showcases the women who have found success by breaking them. With exciting insights and uplifting stories, Disrupters demystifies what it takes to go where so few have gone before by:


• Exploring the mindsets that help or hinder success against all odds

• Discovering the right time to begin the journey to a role that feels too big and too hard to obtain

• Learning the habits, tactics, and relationships that separate those who succeed from those who do not

• Building a personal board of directors that will catapult you to the professional boardroom

• Revealing what it means to achieve your own version of success with case studies and interviews with women of diverse races, ages, backgrounds, and industries

This book is not about what women should do, and it’s not a preachy TEDTalk.
Disrupters shows what different women in business have done to reach success as they define it. From board members to CEOs...


Advance Praise

"Over the past decade, women have been redefining power, success, and influence on their own terms. Disrupters shows that female leaders can drive change in the world without losing themselves."

—Pamela Ryckman, author of Stiletto Network

"All women, regardless of age or career stature, who want success on their own terms need to act on the lessons in Dr. Patti's book. The time for Disrupters is NOW."

—Amanda Steinberg, founder and CEO of Worth Financial, author of Worth It

"Inspiring! Dr. Fletcher has written the new business bible for professionals wanting to break free, break through, and break out to follow their own path to success!"

—Jeffrey Hayzlett, primetime TV and radio host, speaker, author and part-time cowboy

"The conversation continues why there are not more women executives in tech. For this, I highly recommend Disrupters by Dr. Patti Fletcher as a real contribution as it lays out ideas about the success of women and the companies that they work for."

—Sharon Vosmek, CEO of Astia

"Over the past decade, women have been redefining power, success, and influence on their own terms. Disrupters shows that female leaders can drive change in the world without losing themselves."

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ISBN 9781599186207
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PAGES 220

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Featured Reviews

Disrupters is “not about what companies and institutions can and should do to promote gender equity,” says author Dr. Patti Fletcher in her introduction. “It’s a business book on finding success in the world by doing things your own way."

Fletcher includes many statistical charts and research findings which show the disproportion between male and female leadership even in companies where women are the majority. Women who claim not to be bothered, may be forced to grapple with reality, especially when they think of the future for their offspring.

The interviews at the end of each chapter are motivational. They include disrupters in prestigious companies like Procter & Gamble, Netflix and IT companies in the Silicon Valley. They include entrepreneurs who have made contributions to global business. They encourage women to become game changers in their move forward. They also prove some prejudice is not as much against women, as toward the traditional views some have always known.

This book may not interest every woman, although all can learn from it. Some may be turned off by charts and lists with strictly-business terms, but it is a business book; and those who venture may obtain some brain exercises in memorizing her definitions.

I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley (https://www.netgalley.com). There was no request for a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

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Fascinating - will incorporate into my leadership education curriculums.

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